Keep igniting the fire until the winds of change blow and spread it like wild fire.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Jawbreaker's 'Walang Kwenta ang Pilipinas' Redux

First of all, I apologize for re-posting this without permission. This critique with a list of grievances about the Philippines was passed around and went viral within the Filipino community about two years ago (that was about the time that I received this). Besides the rants (which are certainly understandable), the part about pledging not to ever pay taxes, and the accusation that the Philippines is worthless, walang kwenta, I agree with the author’s criticisms and sentiments. I believe that as a responsible citizen of any country, one must pay taxes to support the country. Also, the Philippines is not worthless; all the people in power are. They are the ones with the hands in the country’s treasury, and stealing every centavo that they can get away with. Nangkukupit. Other than those, I believe that Jawbreaker’s points are valid. With regards to the current conditions in the Philippines, they are still very much valid today. For this reason, the message that Jawbreaker was trying to convey would have been in vain if ignored therefore I have re-posted it. What is even more disheartening is the total lack of change or even any sign of movement or initiative for change proves that Jawbreaker’s grievances along with everybody’s criticisms are not enough to cause any change. In other words, rhetoric is not enough. I, we, have joined and picked up the torch to continue igniting the fire of change with the intentions of making changes beyond fighting words, beyond criticisms. The corruption in the Philippines runs so deep and so wide that mere words are not enough to defeat and get rid of the cancer slowly killing the country. Unlike what Jawbreaker implies with his moniker, jaws are not the only things that will be broken. Drastic times require drastic measures.

Just like there were no French II, Bolshevik II, American II, Cuban II…there will also be no Philippine II. Forget EDSA I-IV, they were all mere sideshows of the current three-ring circus - Luzon, Visaya, and Mindanao - that is about to stop. Fellow katipuneros, the time is now and the place is everywhere. It is time to return the blood that was sucked for so long from our beloved Lupang Hinirang by the leeches that most of the so-called leaders had become. All trapos must be thrown away because they are trash. The sooner the Philippines is rid of garbage, the sooner it will improve. The end will certainly justifies the means to bring back that Pearl of the Orient that the Philippines could have been. Walang Kwenta ang Pilipinas